{"id":435,"date":"2015-10-21T17:53:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T15:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rocketpad.co.za\/matoyana\/?p=394"},"modified":"2019-02-08T08:29:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T06:29:03","slug":"lessons-in-creative-entrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rocketpad.co.za\/matoyana\/lessons-in-creative-entrepreneurship\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creative-Lessons-Matonyana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-395\" src=\"http:\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Creative-Lessons-Matonyana.jpg\" alt=\"Creative Lessons Matonyana\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>Some real-life entrepreneurial wisdom from Creative Writer, Dominique:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The best way a creative person can be a success is to find a business person who respects their talent and creative ability and dedicates themselves to using their business acumen to make them both successful.<\/p>\n<p>Often it&#8217;s because they&#8217;re focused on creating things other than money, and their creative drive keeps them leaping from one project to the next.<\/p>\n<p>My &#8220;lesson&#8221; is that it is vital for creatives to work together and to pick the right partner(s). By its nature creativity is collaborative and I found that as a creative going on my own the first time I isolated myself too much and lost creativity and impetus.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t realise\u00a0(until I went back into the job market) how much I missed people and bouncing ideas off them. That shifted my focus from being a freelance creative to being a part of a team whether temporarily at a company, or as I started to set up my own business with my business partner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-396 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dom-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dom\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Also, for creatives I would say &#8211; nothing ever has to be all or nothing. When you have an idea for a business it can be so tempting for a creative to do a 180 degree turn, throw caution to the wind and dive in. It doesn&#8217;t have to be like that. The business I am setting up now with my partner has been done while working full time, producing a TV series for a client, and we will continue like this until we have enough in the bank to pay our salaries and rent office space for at least 6-months. Until then we will continue working from the dining room, the patio and coffee shops in Melville. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dominique Masson, Writer and Entrepreneur<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some real-life entrepreneurial wisdom from Creative Writer, Dominique: &#8220;The best way a creative person can be a success is to find a business person who respects their talent and creative ability and dedicates themselves to using their business acumen to make them both successful. 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